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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2025, 7:29 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2025, 7:29 AM EDT (11:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2025, 8:01 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Logan County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:36 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 15, 7:21 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 7:21 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 OHZ026-044>046-052>055-062-063-072-161000- Hardin-Logan-Union-Delaware-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin-Greene- Fayette-Clinton- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. In addition, a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ034-035-042-043-051-060-061-070-071-161000- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Miami- Preble-Montgomery-Butler-Warren- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, southeast Indiana, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. In addition, a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible through mid morning and then again late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. OHZ056-064-065-073-074-161000- Licking-Pickaway-Fairfield-Ross-Hocking- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Ohio and south central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Southerly winds will gust to around 40 mph today. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. INZ073-074-161000- Ripley-Dearborn- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Indiana. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. In addition, a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible through mid morning and then again late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. KYZ096>098-OHZ078>080-161000- Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Clermont-Brown-Highland- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Kentucky, south central Ohio and southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flood Watch. In addition, a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. INZ075-080-KYZ089>095-OHZ077-161000- Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant- Hamilton- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky and southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Flood Watch. In addition, a few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible through mid morning and then again late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. KYZ099-100-OHZ081-082-088-161000- Mason-Lewis-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 428 AM EDT Sat Mar 15 2025 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky and south central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. In addition, southerly winds will gust to around 35 mph today. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind will be the main threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 15, 6:39 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 15, 4:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 5:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 5:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Pickaway | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 5:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 6:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Madison | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 6:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Franklin | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Preble, Shelby | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 7:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Fayette | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 9:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 7:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 42 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.